Ink container



H. Y. F. ZANE I INK CONTAINER Filed. July 15, 1943 //0z//a/62 K2 2457261 I ATTORNEYS least one flat side wall.

Patented Dec. 19, 1944 2,365,236, "INK commit-n Howard Y,- IF-Zane, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii Application 11115 15, 1943, Serial N0. 494,843

3Claims. (clam-57 eludes a diskshaped top wall 1 having formed This invention relates to ink containers, and its general object is to provide a container or bottle'of a dip-tube type that makes it possible to reach the ink with a pen regardless of the depth of the .ink within the bottle.

A further.object is to provide an ink bottle that includes a closure for the body thereof, the closure being formed with a dip-tube for fittingly receiving the pen holder to be normally closed thereby, to prevent evaporation of the ink when the bottle is not in use, and the body is formed with atleast one flat side face or wall, whereby it can be arranged to rest upon'that face, when the level of the ink within the body becomes low, so that the ink can be reached by the pen.

Another object is to provide an ink bottle of the character set forth, that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and extremely eflicient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference right position of Figure 1.

will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through my bottle, arranged in an upright position and with a pen holder inserted in the diptube for closing the same.

Figure 2 is'a top plan view of the bottle per se. Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure l, but with the bottle resting upon one of the fiat sides of the body thereof, so that the ink which has reached a low-level, will be disposed in the path of the pen.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the cap. Referring to the drawing in detail, it' will be noted'that the body I of the container or bottle shown is provided with four equal side walls 2, and fiat corner portions 3, but the flat corner portions may be eliminated and the body can be of any other shape, providing it includes at .The bottom wall 4 is upwardly arched and formed on the fiat side walls 2 at the upper ends thereof is an inturned flange 5, the latter having formed on its upper end an exteriorly threaded neck 6.

- The flange 5 provides an abutment shoulder for receiving .the inner edge of the cap when the latter is in closed position, and the cap inthereonj 1an: interiorlythreaded annular skirt '8 that isthreadfed on the neck for ready application and removal with respect-thereto.

Formed' on and extendmgthrough the topwall 1' adjacent to the'periphery thereof is a dip-tube 9 which is disposed at anangle of approximately forty-five, degrees with respect to the top wall and the inner end of the tube extends slightly inwardly beyond the flange 5. The inner end of the tube is inwardly flared or reduced to provide a stop flange ID for the lower end of a pen holder A that has the usual pen or nib B mounted therein, and the upper end portion of the tube is outwardly flared as at II in funnel formation to facilitate guiding the pen into the tube, as will be apparent. k c

From the above description and disclosure in the drawing, it will be obvious that when the pen holder is mounted in the tube 9, the lower or base portion of the holder closes the tube to prevent evaporation of ink from the bottle, and so long as a high level of inkis maintained within the bottle, the holder can be inserted within the tube a suflicient distance for the pen B to reach the ink, when the bottle is in the up- However, when the level of ink becomes low and to an extent that it cannot be reached by the pen, when the bottle is in its upright position, the latter is tilted to a position, as shown in Figure 3, to rest upon the side wall that has the tube 9 directed toward 'the same, and as the pen substantially engages that wall, when the holder is fully inserted Within the tube, it will be obvious that the ink can thenbe readily reached by the pen.

A leakproof connection is of course,'provided between the cap and the body, and for that purpose a rubber or like gasket may be arranged about the neck to rest upon the shoulder for disposal between the latter and the skirt, as will be apparent.

It is thought from the foregoing description It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and-arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within. the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An ink container comprising a body having a flat side wall, a removable. closure for the body, a dip-tube secured to and extending through the closure for receiving a pen holder having a nib secured thereto, and said tube being disposed at an angle with respect to the top of the closure and directed toward said wall for the nib to substantially contact the same when the holder is fully. inserted within the tube, whereby when the level of ink within the body becomes low, the container can be tilted to rest upon said wall for the nib to reach the ink.

2. An ink container comprising a body having 10 a fiat side wall, a removable closure for the body, a dip-tube secured to and extending through the closure for receiving a pen holder having a nib secured thereto, said tube having an inwardly flared lower end providing a stop for the holder to limit inward movement thereof and the upper end portion of the tube being outwardly flared in funnel formation, and said tube being disposed at an angle with respect to the top of the closure and directed toward said wall for the nib to substantially contact the same when the holder is fully inserted within the tube, whereby when the level of ink within the body becomes low, the container can be tilted to rest upon said wall for the nib to reach the ink.

3. An ink container comprising a body having a fiat side wall, an inturned flange formed on the upper end of the body, a threaded neck formed on the flange and rising therefrom, a cap including a skirt threadedly secured to the neck in a leakproof manner, a disk shaped top wall for the cap, a dip-tube secured to and extending through the top wall for receiving a pen holder having a nib secured thereto, said tube being of a diameter for the holder to fit the same to close said tube, said tube having an inwardly flared lower end providing a stop for the holder to limit inward movement thereof and the upper end portion of the tube being outwardly flared in funnel formation, and said tube being disposed at an angle with respect to the top wall and directed toward said flat side wall for the nib to substantially contact the same when the holder is fully inserted within the tube, whereby when the level of ink within the body becomes low, the container can be tilted to rest upon said fiat side wall for the nib to reach the ink.

HOWARD Y. F. ZANE, 

